If ye then be risen with Christ.… The resurrection of Christ has changed everything for both the world and the Christian. The cult has nothing to compare with that. Paul has been dealing with the cult in verse after verse. It is almost with an audible sigh of relief that he turns back to the Christ. Having spelled out what Christianity is not—intellectualism, high-sounding nonsense, worshiping angels, keeping all kinds of man-made rules, or performing
Colossians 3:1a